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BC Hydro resolves impasse with Lax Kw’alaams over NW Transmission Line
BC Hydro has resolved one of the more contentious disagreements over its Northwest Transmission Line plans by signing an impact and benefits deal with the Lax Kw’alaam First Nation, the utility...
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Google and power, electricity more specifically
Google, ever sensitive to the increasing discussion about how much electricity the Internet’s infrastructure burns to keep running has, in recent months, taken steps to support the development of green...
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Oil, oil and more oil some ways, but less in others
The United States has this image of being a land with an increasingly voracious appetite for oil to fuel the millions of automobiles that choke up its freeways and fill its arterial Interstate...
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Barkerville rings up another small win for mining
In mining, the temptation is to think about it as Big, but there is also the small. So, while companies such as Teck Resources Inc. prowl the planet looking for the next massive mineral deposit to...
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Goodbye Kyoto, we were never really close
It was a decision in the running for that old cliché of worst-kept secret in Canadian politics. Federal Environment Minister hinted at it before heading to the United Nations summit on climate change...
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Facebook to power up with clean energy (or) Facebook finds it’s better for...
Clean energy is fast becoming the zeitgeist of the tech sector. First it was Google, which has put a lot of its own money up to support and develop green electricity, as I wrote about in this blog...
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Increase in U.S. housing starts, a glimmer of a Christmas light
One little improvised Christmas song likely in the heads of sawmill managers throughout British Columbia likely starts something like “All I want for Christmas is more American housing starts.” Because...
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Frozen gas a hot commodity and silver lining for Vancouver’s Teekay Corp.
Now is a pretty good time to own liquefied-natural-gas tankers, as Vancouver-based Teekay Shipping does, but probably not such a great time to be shipping the gas itself. A shortage of the ships has...
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Europe to take hard stance on Iran oil embargo… later
On Tuesday, Japan and the European Union harumphed loudly about launching an embargo on imports of Iranian oil as punishment of that country over pursuit of a nuclear program the West is convinced has...
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BMO bullish on equities for 2012
Equities should be a good investment in 2012, but predicting what sectors will do well is tough, according to experts from BMO Harris Private Banking. In BMO’s first quarter market outlook call, Jack...
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Fortuna Silver, Methanex, Canadian Pacific: what the analysts say
The TSX started up slightly this morning and continues to stay in the green (check out the latest stock market numbers at www.vancouversun.com/business. The charts are halfway down the page along the...
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Analysts reports: First Quantum, Copper Mountain and Goldcorp
From the analysts: Copper Mountain, which came into production last summer, said it expects to produce an average of 94 million pounds of copper over the next five years, lower than the 108 million...
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BC election: Issue #1 will have to be jobs
“It’s still the economy, stupid.” Or “It’s all about jobs, stupid.” That’s the slogan both Premier Christy Clark and NDP leader Adrian Dix have to keep in mind as the May 14th election day approaches....
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BC Hydro resolves impasse with Lax Kw’alaams over NW Transmission Line
BC Hydro has resolved one of the more contentious disagreements over its Northwest Transmission Line plans by signing an impact and benefits deal with the Lax Kw’alaam First Nation, the utility...
View ArticlePucksters haul in $800,000 for Canucks Autism Network
GONE FISHING: Vancouver Canucks players, team officials and affluent fans left Sunday for the four-day Fishing For Kids tournament at Brian Legge and Rick Grange’s West Coast Fishing Club on Langara...
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Town Talk: Pucksters-turned-anglers haul in $800,000 for Canucks Autism Network
GONE FISHING: Vancouver Canucks players, team officials and affluent fans left Sunday for the four-day Fishing For Kids tournament at Brian Legge and Rick Grange’s West Coast Fishing Club on Langara...
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